students

Cabinet Secretary for Education Fiona Hyslop today announced plans to improve support for Scotland's students as she launched a consultation on how to distribute £30 million put aside to provide grants or improved bursaries from 2010.

SNP MSP and Finance Committee member Joe FitzPatrick today welcomed comments from John Swinney that the Scottish Government is actively considering exempting full-time students from paying for Local Income Tax.

South of Scotland MSP Aileen Campbell has called on the Labour party to recognise its responsibility for student debt and apologise to Scotland’s students for inflicting the additional burden of the Graduate Endowment.

Cabinet Secretary for Education, Fiona Hyslop, has put in place measures to prevent post-graduate students having to repay university fees while they are studying.